South Africa. President's Council. Report of the President's Council on the Group Areas Act 1966 (Act 36 of 1966) with special reference to Zonnebloem (District Six) and Pageview. Cape Town : Govt. Printer, [1981] Shelf no. G 68 EPC 1/1981
South Africa. President's Council. Planning Committee. Report of the joint committee consisting of the Planning Committee and the Committee for Community Relations of the President's Council on the principles and implementation of the Group Areas Act, 1966 (Act 36 of 1966), and aspects of the act which affect community relations / Cape Town : Government Printer, [1982] Shelf no. G 68 EPC 2/1982
South Africa.Technical Committee of Enquiry into the Group Areas Act, 1966, the Reservation of Separate Amenities Act, 1953 and Related Legislation. Report of the Technical Committee of Enquiry into the Group Areas Act, 1966, the Reservation of Separate Amenities Act, 1953, and Related Legislation. Pretoria : Govt. Printer, [1983?] Shelf no. G 68 E.DEVE.83.REPO
South Africa. President's Council. Committee for Constitutional Affairs. Report of the Committee for Constitutional Affairs of the President's Council on the report of the Technical Committee, 1983 and related matters. Cape Town : Govt. Printer, 1987.
Shelf no. G 68 EPC 4/1987
South Africa. Parliament. House of Assembly. Select Committee on the Legislative Effect of the Group Areas Bill. Report of the Select Committee on the Legislative Effect of the Group Areas Bill. Parow, South Africa : Cape Times Limited, 1957. Shelf no. G 68 ESC 22/1957
South Africa. Parliament. House of Assembly. Select Committee on the Report of the Technical Committee of Enquiry into the Group Areas Act, 1966, the Reservation of Separate Amenities Act, 1953, and Related Legislation. Eerste en tweede verslae van die Gekose Komitee Oor die Verslag van die Tegniese Komitee van Ondersoek na die Wet op Groepsgebiede, 1966, die Wet op Aanwysing van Aparte Geriewe, 1953, en Aanverwante Wetgewing = First and second reports of the Select Committee on the Report of the Technical Committee of Enquiry into the Group Areas Act, 1966, the Reservation of Separate Amenities Act, 1953, and Related Legislation. Pretoria, South Africa : Government Printer, [1984.] Shelf no. G 68 ESC 14/1984
South African History Online. Timeline of the Group Areas Act and Selected Related Pieces of Legislation
The Group Areas and other Acts are available in print in this library. We can find many of them online. Please ask.
Consolidated version of the Group Areas Act 1966 before repeal: South Africa. Group Areas Act of 1966 with amendments up to 1990 G 68 FL(GROU)
The Debates on the passing of the Acts in Parliament are also available in this library.
The Group Areas and other related Acts were repealed by the Abolition of Racially Based Land Measures Act 108 of 1991. The Debates on the passing of this act provide useful background information to the Group Areas Act and its effects.
The annual Survey of race relations in South Africa by the South African Institute of Race Relations is good for chronologically tracing the Act and its effects. Shelf nos. GR 323.16805 SURV, 323.16805 SUR, BAJ 323.16805 SUR
South Africa. Dept. of Interior (1910-1978) Explanatory memorandum on the Group Areas Amendment Bill, 1952 / [Cape Town : The Dept., 1952] Shelf no. G 68 EWP 32/1952
South Africa. Explanatory memorandum on the Group Areas Amendment Bill, 1957 / [Pretoria : Govt. Printer, 1957.] Shelf no. G 68 EWP 5/1957
South Africa. Explanatory memorandum on the Group Areas Amendment Bill, 1962 / [Pretoria : Govt. Printer, 1962.] Shelf no. G 68 EWP 5/1962
South Africa. Explanatory memorandum on the Group Areas Amendment Bill, 1965 / Pretoria : Govt. Printer, [1965?] Shelf no. G 68 EWP 5/1965
South Africa. High Level Panel on the Assessment of Key Legislation and the Acceleration of Fundamental Change. Report of the High Level Panel on the Assessment of Key Legislation and the Acceleration of Fundamental Change. Chapter 5, Spatial Inequality. Cape Town? : The High Level Panel, November 2017.
Turok, Ivan, Andreas Scheba, Justin Visagie. Reducing Spatial Inequalities through Better Regulation: Report to the High Level Panel on the assessment of key legislation and the acceleration of fundamental change. Pretoria: Human Sciences Research Council, 21 August 2017.
South Africa. Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act 16 of 2013. Print copies available. Online copy available in the Laws of South Africa: Consolidated Legislation
Department of Land Affairs. Land Planning & Information. (March 2007) Interventions to reverse undesirable settlement growth patterns. G 68 E.LAND.07.INTE
Financial and Fiscal Commission. (March 2011) The economic and fiscal costs of inefficient land use patterns in South Africa : final report
South Africa. Department of Land Affairs. Draft Land Use Management Bill ; Wise land use : white paper on spatial planning and land use management. Pretoria : Government Printer, 2001. G 68 E.LAND.01.DRAF
Mtantato, Sabelo. Chapter 11, Impact of current land-use patterns on public transport and human settlements. Submission for the 2012/13 Division of Revenue: technical report. Pretoria: Financial and Fiscal Commission, 2013.
The Group Areas Act-- : reaction to the report of the President's Council on the Group Areas Act Address by state president P.W. Botha in Parliament, on October 5, 1987. Johannesburg : Bureau of Information, 1987. G 68 E.INFO.87.GROU